# Incident 19810711088569I: Cessna 140, Egg Harbor, NJ, July 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1981, 12:34 local time
- Place: Egg Harbor, NJ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3787° N, 74.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Egg Harbor, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3787&lon=-74.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2282N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2282N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 67 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711088569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ZA ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT CRASH LANDED IN FIELD. PISTON WAS MISSHAPED. OIL CONTROL RING FROZEN. PN40327P015.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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